Haringey Articles

The London borough of Haringey and Brighton and Hove city have similar-sized populations – 260,000-300,000. They attract a lot of people who have not necessarily been brought up locally, who move in and enjoy the diverse and cosmopolitan way of life. While distinct...

Local Labour shows the way In political circles at least we are in full-blown general election mode. In my home seat of Hornsey and Wood Green every weekend brings with it another swath of new activists determined to play their part in winning the constituency back...

Today’s economy, while growing, is doing very little to push people out of low pay. Add to this the fact that, according to a BritainThinks poll, many Londoners class themselves as ‘outsiders’, struggling to succeed and believing that owning a home is a pipe dream....

It is just months until the next general election, and, given the speed of cuts pursued and promised by the coalition in 2010, pundits had predicted Labour would return to power in a landslide. Indeed, even before the 2010 election, there was hubris in believing that...